CAFOD Complaints Policy (England and Wales)

CAFOD Complaints Policy (International)

CAFOD environmental policy

CAFOD Open Information Policy

CAFOD Staff and volunteers code of behaviour

Dignity, diversity and equality policy

We compare both the median and mean hourly pay as well as reviewing the gender distribution by pay levels. When the snapshot was taken on 5 April 2022, the distribution of UK employees was 65% women and 35% men. Mean: In 2022 women were paid 4.73% less than men. Median: In 2022 women were paid 6.05% less than men. Our gender pay gap is below the national average for all employees which is currently 17.3% (median) for all employees.

Gender pay report

About CAFOD and our corporate structure The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) is an international development charity and the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. We are part of the global Caritas confederation.  Inspired by Gospel values and as part of the Catholic community, we come together in partnership with others, locally and globally, of all faiths and none: To reach those in greatest need, save lives and relieve suffering. To support and enable people, communities and our local partners to be artisans of their own destiny. To challenge and transform the structures and behaviours that drive poverty, vulnerability, inequality, injustice and exclusion, and which harm the natural world. To educate, enable and inspire the Catholic community of England and Wales to act in solidarity for the common good. We are headquartered in the UK and operate through partners across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and Latin America, with offices in 11 countries in Africa and Asia and the Middle East. A description of CAFOD’s corporate group structure is included in our annual accounts for 2021/22. CAFOD’s total income in 2021/22 was £50.5m. Further detail on CAFOD’s group structure and supply chains will be included in future statements. Our approach to tackling modern slavery  Drawing from Catholic Social Teaching, we believe that each and every person is made in the image and likeness of God, imbued with an innate dignity. Modern slavery is an attack upon this dignity. In solidarity, we are called to work with hope and compassion to transform our common home, to ensure that people, communities and the earth may flourish - free from exploitation. CAFOD takes an integrated approach to tackling modern slavery, encompassing the following: Working towards an end to poverty and injustice Our work on tackling slavery sits within a broader mandate of working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – of which tackling modern slavery is a part (goal 8.7). Tackling modern slavery is consistent with Catholic teachings that we must reach out to the margins of society to combat injustice and oppression. Modern slavery is at the end of a spectrum of violations of human rights and labour rights, and the poor and vulnerable are often those most at risk of falling victim of exploitation. In working towards the common good we are called to ensure that every human being has access to essential rights and can fulfil their own potential, thereby reducing these risks. Campaigning for changes to law and policy CAFOD believes that we cannot allow our brothers and sisters to be enslaved in the production of goods or services for our consumption. We campaign to change the economic systems and structures that allow modern slavery and human trafficking, as well as other human rights and environmental harm, to take place. CAFOD successfully lobbied for the TISC requirement in the Modern Slavery Act in order to incentivise corporate action on modern slavery in supply chains and helped to write guidance materials together with the Corporate Justice Coalition (of which we are a member) to help companies report effectively on their actions. We are also a member of the Ethical Trading Initiative. In recent years CAFOD has joined with other organisations to call on the UK government to strengthen the Modern Slavery Act and to go beyond transparency measures, to protect the world’s poorest people and our planet from harm caused by British businesses operating overseas. We are calling for a ‘Business, Human Rights and Environment Act’ and a UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights, to help the UK fully realise its commitments to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises. Tackling modern slavery in our own supply chains CAFOD recognises that slavery and forced labour are embedded in many supply chains, and closely linked to the delivery of goods and services here in the UK as well as internationally. We want to prevent abuse in our own supply chains, just as we want to hold companies accountable for the impacts of their supply chains on people and planet. We are working on tackling modern slavery, human rights abuse and environmental harm in our supply chains and other private sector engagements and partnerships, as part of our organisational approach to institutional integrity, in line with our existing commitments under the UN Global Compact. We are committed to enhancing our approach to tackling modern slavery. Our continued commitment In 2022-23 we have Further developed our supply chains, due diligence processes and procurement policies and procedures as part of a thorough ongoing cycle of review cycle of our procurement strategy and practice. Further developed the Supplier Code of Conduct and specific guidance on Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain Developed a software application to track administrative procurements incorporating a specific process requirement on Modern Slavery checks in line with our updated Procurement Policy. This policy better reflects the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking, as well as wider human rights abuse and environmental impacts when making procurement decisions. In future years we commit to: Complete the redevelopment of our procurement processes and the mapping of partnership agreements that are relevant to addressing risks of modern slavery and human trafficking. Complete the full risk assessment of our supply chain in order to identify parts of CAFOD’s business and supply chains where there is a risk of modern slavery. Further strengthen our policies, partnership agreements and due diligence procedures to tackle risks of modern slavery and ensuring that any future statements include instances of where modern slavery has been identified, addressed and remediated. Ensure these policies are implemented effectively and communicated across the organisation with appropriate staff training that includes recognising and acting on the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking. Monitor and track the effectiveness of these policies and procedures to understand what difference they are making and how they could be improved on an ongoing basis. Review and approval We will detail the outcome of these steps, and further work on this area, in our future statements. This statement has been approved by the CAFOD Member Trustees on 2 June 2023 and the CAFOD Executive Group and is authorised to be signed on their behalf by Christine Allen, CAFOD's Director. Christine Allen
Director of CAFOD

Modern slavery statement 2022-23

Key principles Safeguarding is a shared responsibility, with all parts of the organisation and all levels of staff involved in ensuring a welcoming, inclusive, dignified and safe environment for those who come into contact with us. All  partners  must share our commitment to safeguarding and we  have a responsibilityto help them meet minimum standards. All CAFOD representatives have a responsibility to act when there is a perceived or actual breach of our safeguarding policy or Code of Behaviour and/or a risk of harm to children or vulnerable adults. Anyone who brings concerns or allegations to the notice of CAFOD will be responded to sensitively, respectfully and seriously. Any reported concerns or allegations about breaches of CAFOD’s safeguarding policy or Code of Behaviour will be investigated in accordance with the relevant policy and procedure(s). Confidentiality is paramount and information relating to safeguarding concerns or allegations will only be shared on a need-to-know basis. The  principle  of  the  best  interest  of  the childis  the  primary  consideration  in  all  safeguarding matters. Support will be made  available to survivors where there have been concerns or  allegations of some form of harm or maltreatment by a CAFOD representative.  CAFOD is committed to holding perpetrators to account. Sexual exploitation and abuse constitute acts of serious misconduct and are therefore grounds for disciplinary measures for staff, including dismissal. 

Safeguarding policy

Resources

Africa - Kenya - Maralal diocese